Nature
Spring Dawn
From Pictures of the Floating World (1919): Lacquer Prints
Nature
He wore a coat
With gold and red maple leaves,
He was girt with the two swords,
He carried a peony lantern.
When I awoke,
There was only the blue shadow of the plum-tree
Upon the shoji.
Cite this poem
MLA
Lowell, Amy. “Spring Dawn.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lowell_a/180/.
Chicago
Lowell, Amy. “Spring Dawn.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lowell_a/180/.
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